[ˈfuː.mʊs], [ˈfuː.mus]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *fūmos, from earlier *θūmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Cognates include Ancient Greek θῡμός (thūmós), Sanskrit धूम (dhūmá) and Old Church Slavonic дꙑмъ (dymŭ), English dust.
- declension-2smoke, steam, fume
““‘Hīc, ubi disiectās mōlēs āvolsaque saxīs” — “‘Here, where piles [of masonry] have been scattered, and stones torn from stone, and you see billowing smoke mixed with dust, ….’”
(The destruction of Troy.)
- declension-2indication, sign
“fūmus bonī iūris” — sign of good law
Formsfūmus(canonical, masculine) · fūmī(genitive) · fūmus(nominative, singular) · fūmī(nominative, plural) · fūmī(genitive, singular) · fūmōrum(genitive, plural) · fūmō(dative, singular) · fūmīs(dative, plural) · fūmum(accusative, singular) · fūmōs(accusative, plural) · fūmō(ablative, singular) · fūmīs(ablative, plural) · fūme(singular, vocative) · fūmī(plural, vocative)